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The CANASA breakfast on Feb. 25 in Burlington, Ontario, featured a panel of experts on the topic of video-verified alarms from Videofied (RSI Video Technologies), Tyco, and Norelco safeCAM. Sergeant Carolyn Sweenie, the alarm coordinator from the Toronto Police Service, was there to interact with the panel members and provide feedback to the CANASA attendees.

Numerous media outlets have reported that the Canada Border Services Agency plans to test facial recognition technology, comparing images of people arriving into the country with images of suspects on watchlists, though, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the agency has yet to conduct any trials involving actual travelers.

Ivan Spector, president of Sentinel Alarm, Montreal, Quebec is well-known for his commitment to bettering the security industry at many levels and in many ways. 

For years do-it-yourself (DIY) security existed on a parallel track with the professionally installed security system — rarely, if ever, intersecting. Not anymore.

Personal emergency response systems (PERS) traditionally have worked only in a user’s home, enabling users to summon help with the push of a button — typically on a pendant that the user wears. But recent years have seen the introduction of mobile PERS offerings (mPERS) that can work outside the home using cellular service for communications to the central station.

This issue highlights the performance and accomplishments of 100 largest security companies in the industry — the SDM 100.

In a report showing the worldwide installed base of video surveillance cameras, the numbers continue to rise, but the rate of increase slows year after year.

Mission 500 recognized Alliance Security, a Monitronics authorized dealer, as the winner of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award at the Security 5/2K awards ceremony at ISC West in Las Vegas in April.

A recent case was decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, involving the limitation of liability in an Admiralty case law. Although Admiralty law may differ from the law utilized in the security alarm industry, the principles described in the case are important.

So you need a new salesperson. You solicit resumes and review them all to find the top candidates. Human Resources may even help you with screening before you call in your top prospects for an interview. You and others in your organization put the candidate through the ropes.